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| | PLUM RAIN SCROLL, DRAGON STONE AND PEONY LANTERN |
 | | There is a fascinating and entertaining series of children's books written by Australian author, Ruth Manley in which she weaves characters and situations from Japanese mythology, folk-lore, legend and popular story-telling into a continuous narrative, describing the adventures of Taro, the Odd Job Boy at the Tachibana-ya Inn and his friends. |
 | | Ruth Manley was born in 1919 in Barcaldine, Queensland. |
 | | In this version, the Moon Princess, instead of being exiled, was sent purposely to Earth to regain the Dragon Stone and made it one of the five 'impossible' tasks she set her suitors. |
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